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Since 2005 the JMDR has been able to count on the support of a group of people – Friends of the JMDR. This non-profit organisation has in the past regularly organised concerts, presentations, performances and other activities to support the work of the museum.

 

A Word from the Chairman

On 27th January 1945, at about 12.30 p.m. four young Russian soldiers on horseback entered the concentration camp of Auschwitz. Bewildered they gazed embarrassingly at the piles of petrified corpses. Numbed with horror, they appeared, apart from compassion, to be weighed down by a sense of shyness that sealed their lips and transfixed their eyes on the spectacle of death and destruction.
“The Friends” of the JMDR aims to stand by the museum and carry forth the message on behalf of those whose voices have been silenced in the gas chambers.
It is our duty to honour those who have been unjustly subjected to the most inhuman suffering. We are striving for a better world, a world of peace and tolerance.

Norbert Vos-Obstfeld

Further information

For more information about the work or membership of the organisation please contact: norbert.vos@telenet.be

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Activities

	On the 13th September 2005 the Friends organised an exclusive house concert with, amongst others, Myriam Fuchs and Boogie Boy.
	In the theatre ‘t Eilandje, in Antwerp, the musical ‘Red Star Line, Portrait of a Lost Spring’ was presented on 20th October 2005.
	Together with ‘8-mei comité Regio Mechelen’ (8th May Committee-Region Mechelen) the Friends arranged for the appearance of Ronny Vandecandelaeres presenting a theatre monologue about Tobias Schiff. The presentation took place in Mechelen on 28th January 2006.
	On 19th March 2006 a musical evening entitled ‘Swingnite’ with Boogie Boy, Simon Gronowski and a gypsie ensemble was arranged.
	On 6th June 2006 the famous caberet artist, Jackie Mason, appeared at the Arenberg Theatre in Antwerp. The Friends sold a handsome programme cum booklet, the proceeds of which were given to the JMDR.
	On 25 January 2007 The Friends organised a performance of  “Visiting Mr.Green” in the Antwerp theater, `t Eilandje.
	On May 30th and 31st 2007, Sylvain Biegeleisen performed songs of Jaques Brel. Both "Brel Eternel"-evenings in House Ambach were a great succes.

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